Advice From Little Experts - what is something you would LOVE to do every day?
Shine On - an Early Childhood Education PodcastShow Notes
Welcome to this special episode of Shine On, where we explore Advice From Little Experts. We know that child’s voice is crucial to high quality early childhood education, so in this episode, we took some questions from educators and children, and asked our little experts for their input. You’ll hear a busy classroom in the background, children at work, and the beautiful chaos of learning with children. The questions our little experts pondered are: how do you show you're being a friend to som...
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